black striped oyster egg
This is a hard-boiled oyster egg, painted with black stripes. Some Vietnam veteran must've seen an egg painted with red stripes, and taken what he felt was the appropriate action.
Type: spleen item (awesome) Toxicity: 1 Selling Price: 50 Meat. Effect: Egg-stortionary Tactics (20 Adventures)+50% Meat from Monsters (In-game plural: black striped oyster eggs) | |
Obtained From
- Cargo Cultist Shorts
- What has it got in its pocketses? (pocket 190)
- Items
- St. Sneaky Pete's Day goodies basket (0-5)
- Obsoleted Areas/Methods
- Oyster Egg Day
- Locations vary by instance (with oyster basket equipped)
When Used
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You go for a walk in the rain, thinking about that egg, and how you lost it right before you went on this walk.
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(You gain 1 Spleen.)
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History
- Previously, its use text was simply: You eat the black striped oyster egg.
References
- The description refers to the song "Paint it Black" by the Rolling Stones, with the lyrics "I see a red door and I want it painted black."
- Apparently a disgruntled veteran, such as the protagonist of the film Born on the Fourth of July, seeing an egg striped like the American flag, has replaced the red stripes with black in protest.
Zapping
Collection
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